2014 marks the
450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.
But if we are only as old as we feel, can we say that Shakespeare is old?
You will find below a list of
resources. They include audio, video, images and text. Take your time to
explore them.
Then, in groups of 2 or 3,
design a digital poster in which you bring together some items that you find particularly meaningful, on the theme "Is Shakespeare our contemporary?". Prepare a
short speech (five minutes) in which you account for your choices and final design.
(Some options for a digital poster are
Glogster,
Tackk and
Mural.ly. See some
tutorials in Spanish. But of course you can choose another tool.)
Open Source Shakespeare attempts to be the best free Web site containing Shakespeare's complete works. It is intended for scholars, thespians, and Shakespeare lovers of every kind. OSS includes the 1864 Globe Edition of the complete works, which was the definitive single-volume Shakespeare edition for over a half-century.
Approaching Shakespeare (Podcasts) Each lecture in this series focuses on a single play by Shakespeare, and employs a range of different approaches to try to understand a central critical question about it.
Earlier this year the British Council Germany held a
seminar entitled "Shakespeare - Our Contemporary?". See a brief summary below. If you are interested, you can watch all - or some of - the
lectures
